Agreed: hardware is dead (re-post)

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/15/hardware-is-dead/

"...I think this leads to an important conclusion: No one can make money selling hardware anymore. The only way to make money with hardware is to sell something else and get consumers to pay for the whole device and experience.

Obviously, Apple sells more than just hardware. It sells iOS. It sells the Apple Brand. It sells the ability to give someone over 60 an iPad and not require nightly IT support calls from that person. It sells a bit of magic. And people will pay $400+ for that.

Amazon is also clearly way ahead on this model. At the Kindle launch event last week, Jeff Bezos highlighted that Amazon does not make money on the Kindle, it makes money on the content it sells on top of the Kindle. There is a growing awareness of this model in the web..."

Merging mobile and biomed engineering - future of HealthIT

Main story:

A good summary from another page:
"...And researchers, including George Whitesides at Harvard University, are trying to use mobile phones to bring medical care to remote corners of the world where people otherwise would have to walk for a day or more to see a doctor or nurse. Whitesides' group has been working on a paper chip that could be touched with a drop of blood and then photographed and text messaged to a clinic that could analyze it and offer a diagnosis...."

Effects of mobile on society

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/10/tech/mobile/our-mobile-society-intro-oms/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

"The Agricultural Revolution took thousands of years to run its course. The Industrial Revolution required a few centuries. The Information Revolution, propelled by mobile technology will likely reshape our world on the order of decades," Saylor writes. "But despite the turbulence ahead, we live at one of the greatest times in history. Software will suffuse the planet, filling in every niche, and exciting opportunities will lie everywhere..."

Repost: How to see the future

Warren Ellis » How To See The Future
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14314

"In the last ten years, we’ve discovered two previously unknown species of human. We can film eruptions on the surface of the sun, landings on Mars and even landings on Titan. Is all of this very boring to you? Because all this is happening right now, in this moment. Check the time on your phone, because this is the present time and these things are happening. The most basic mobile phone is in fact a communications devices that shames all of science fiction, all the wrist radios and handheld communicators. Captain Kirk had to tune his fucking communicator and it couldn’t text or take a photo that he could stick a nice Polaroid filter on. Science fiction didn’t see the mobile phone coming. It certainly didn’t see the glowing glass windows many of us carry now, where we make amazing things happen by pointing at it with our fingers like goddamn wizards."

On succeeding at lofty aims

"...The first step in dealing with the workload is putting in place the support structure that allows you to focus your energies on key priorities and issues where you can add the greatest value to the business..."

The Myth of Work-Life Balance - John Beeson - Harvard Business Review
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/the_myth_of_work-life_balance.html?cm_sp=most_widget-_-default-_-The%20Myth%20of%20Work-Life%20Balance

Highlighting the legendary Jobs

Money Quotes, Steve Jobs-Style | Epicenter | Wired.com
http://m.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/money-quotes-steve-jobs-style/

“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” —Fortune, Nov. 9, 1998